Moscow Travel: Eyewitness Travel Guide Moscow, Russia

As the largest country in the world, Russia is a complicated country. The same is true for the largest city, Moscow.

Moscow, pronounced Mos-koh by it's inhabitants, is the most densely populated city on the European continent. The capital city is characterized by a population of roughly ten million day to day residents. Moscow perched right on the edge on the banks of Russia's five hundred kilometer flowing Moskva River. Moscow's epic number of billionaires, and an expressively built Metro system, the world's busiest, come together to create some of the interesting things about Moscow. Moscow even hosted the Summer Olympics in 1980. The current face of Moscow's major league sports has been scarred by bouts of sports team fan violence.

Check out some of interesting things about Moscow society. The city's primary industries for the most viable employment options include machinery industries, chemical, food, textile, metallurgy, and furniture. Such industries provide the income to sustain housing under Moscow's rising real estate rates. Purchasing a home in Moscow, or the outskirts surrounding the city, can cost between four and forty thousand dollars per square inch.

Patriarch's Pond is the most posh and expensive neighborhood in Moscow. Located on the circular avenue of The Golden Ring, situated in the middle Moscow. A quiet neighborhood under the microscope of high security, a number of government embassies are located in Patriarch's Pond. The Zamoskvorechye community, a stone's throw away from the Moskva River, is a popular neighborhood amongst the French. Zamoskvorechye houses the French Embassy. Take a look at some of the interesting things about Moscow and the layout of the city:

1. Moscow's Russian royal citadels are called kremlins.

2. The Moscow Kremlin is a historic city complex most famous for it's collection of kremlins. The fortress overlooks the Moskva River to the South.

3. The Cathedral Square is the most instrumental part of the Moscow Kremlin. Cathedral Square is surrounded by six buildings, which includes three cathedrals. The three cathedrals comprising Cathedral Square are the Cathedral of Dormition, the Cathedral of the Annunciation, and the Cathedral of the Archangel Michael.

4. The Cathedral of Dormition, constructed in 1479, which serves as Moscow's main church. The structure sports a facade constructed of limestone and capped with golden.

5. The Cathedral of the Annunciation opened it's doors in 1489. The cathedral originally featured three domes, but was reconstructed one hundred years later and revamped to it's modern day nine domes.

6. The Cathedral of the Archangel Michael was the final of the Cathedral Square structures to be erected. The cathedral opened in 1508.

7. The other structures of the Cathedral Square include two domestic churches, the Metropolitans and Patriarchs of Moscow and the Cathedral of the Twelve Apostles, the Ivan the Great Bell Tower, and the Palace of the Facets by Ivan III.

The Red Square is the most popular of Moscow's town halls. The Red Square is submerged in a history that fosters a number of interesting things about Moscow and it's structure. The neighborhood is marked by the presence of Saint Basil's Cathedral and the Spasskaya Tower. The Red Square contains some of the most major streets in the city, and major highways for easily accessible travel outside of the city. Some of the most influential addresses tag along for the ride.

In spite of a turbulent history as the capital of the former Soviet Union, some of the most interesting things about Moscow lies in it's vivacious center on everything Russia. Moscow sits at the center Russia's sporting, cultural, and educational infrastructure.

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Top 10 Things To Do and See in Moscow

St. Basil's Cathedral (Pokrovsky Sobor), Moscow
Built by Ivan the Terrible in the 1550s, this intriguing cathedral

bordering Red Square consists of nine separate chapels, each

capped with its own individually shaped and colored dome.
Attraction type: Historic site;

Architectural building; Religious site; Landmark/point of interest

Moscow Kremlin (Moskovsky Kreml), Moscow
Moscow's most famous historical and political landmark,

the Kremlin is a walled-in complex of cathedrals, palaces

and government offices, with several buildings open to the public,

including the Armoury, Patriarch's Palace and the State Kremlin Palace.
Attraction type: Historic site; Historic walking area; Museum complex;

Architectural building; Government building; Town center/square/plaza

Red Square (Krasnaya ploshchad), Moscow
Red Square, once the site of executions and military parades, sits

smack in the middle of Moscow, bounded on one side by the Kremlin walls

and Lenin's tomb and on the other by GUM, the country's largest department store.
Attraction type: Historic site; Town center/square/plaza

Moscow Metro, Moscow
The Moscow Metro should not be missed. The rush hours are to

be avoided unless you have to be somewhere at that time.
Attraction type: Architectural building; Biking trail (road); Public transportation system

Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
The oldest theater in Moscow, rebuilt following a fire and later a hurricane,

is magnificent both inside and out, and its resident opera and ballet troupes

rate among the finest in the world.
Attraction type: Architectural building; Theater; Ballet; Opera

Novodevichy (New Maiden) Convent and Cemetery, Moscow
Located near the Moscow River, this peaceful retreat from the bustling

city includes a spectacular 16th-century convent and a cemetery where many of

the country's most famous writers, poets, politicians and public figures are buried.
Attraction type: Historic site; Cemetery; Architectural building

Kolomenskoye Historical and

Architectural Museum and Reserve, Moscow
This former village and archaeological site housed summer residences of the

grand dukes of Moscow, and later of the tsars, and is now a museum and reserve.
Attraction type: Museum complex; Park; Architectural building;

Religious site; Art museum; History museum; Nature reserve

Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
Known for its outstanding temporary exhibitions, this museum also has an

impressive permanent collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist art.
Attraction type: Art museum

Gorky Park, Moscow
This popular gathering place draws adults and children alike to its

recreational offerings, which include a giant Ferris wheel, roller coaster,

open-air theater, food stands, fairground, rock club and skating pond.
Attraction type: Park; Urban park

Tretyakov Gallery (Old), Moscow
Art works by the greatest Russian masters spanning the 11th to the 20th

centuries are exhibited in this outstanding museum established by a famous

patron of the arts in the mid-1800s
Attraction type: Art museum

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